Burn baby burn
About a week ago Donny burned himself on the dirt bike. He was jumping the ramp and came in for a crash landing and the hot tailpipe seared his leg. At this point, in my best motherly tone, I must point out that he was not obeying one of our three safety rules. He was wearing shorts. This burn was about two inches wide and 6 to 7 inches long. I am freaking out thinking I should take him to the doctors and Donny assures me it will be fine it has a nice white blister on it. He straps an ice pack to his burn and went outside to shoot some hoops. So when his father came home I asked him to take a look and see if he thought we should get it looked at. What was I thinking? This is the man who slices a ¼ inch deep chunk out of his arm and puts gauze on it and hopes for the best. Don assures me we will just keep it clean and all will be well. Sigh. So over the next few days Don helps Donny keep his wound clean but it is still oozing and not looking so hot so I broke down and called the doctors. Apparently it was trying to scab over before it was healing underneath so this kind doctor told Donny he must soak this open wound in salt water. I can’t even imagine how bad this must sting considering that when I go in the ocean water with a tiny tiny cut it burns terribly. So twice a day we rinse the wound with warm saline solution and put some of this antibiotic burn cream on his leg and it looks 1000% better. So the moral of this story is not to ask to tough guys what to do with an injury go with my maternal instincts and have a doctor take a look.
About a week ago Donny burned himself on the dirt bike. He was jumping the ramp and came in for a crash landing and the hot tailpipe seared his leg. At this point, in my best motherly tone, I must point out that he was not obeying one of our three safety rules. He was wearing shorts. This burn was about two inches wide and 6 to 7 inches long. I am freaking out thinking I should take him to the doctors and Donny assures me it will be fine it has a nice white blister on it. He straps an ice pack to his burn and went outside to shoot some hoops. So when his father came home I asked him to take a look and see if he thought we should get it looked at. What was I thinking? This is the man who slices a ¼ inch deep chunk out of his arm and puts gauze on it and hopes for the best. Don assures me we will just keep it clean and all will be well. Sigh. So over the next few days Don helps Donny keep his wound clean but it is still oozing and not looking so hot so I broke down and called the doctors. Apparently it was trying to scab over before it was healing underneath so this kind doctor told Donny he must soak this open wound in salt water. I can’t even imagine how bad this must sting considering that when I go in the ocean water with a tiny tiny cut it burns terribly. So twice a day we rinse the wound with warm saline solution and put some of this antibiotic burn cream on his leg and it looks 1000% better. So the moral of this story is not to ask to tough guys what to do with an injury go with my maternal instincts and have a doctor take a look.
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